2016–17 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Arsène Wenger
League Season information
Final League position	5th
Highest position	1st
lowest position	15th
Points	75
Goals for	77
Goals against	44
Goals difference	+33
Cup placements
FA Cup	Winners
EFL Cup	Fifth round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Alexis Sánchez (29)
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The 2016–17 season is Arsenal's 25th in the Premier League and 97th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club are participating in the Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	POL	Szczęsny, WojciechWojciech Szczęsny	34	EU	2007	181	0	undisclosed	Youth system
2	DF	FRA	Debuchy, MathieuMathieu Debuchy	39	EU	2014	22	1	undisclosed	£12.0M
3	DF	ENG	Gibbs, KieranKieran Gibbs	35	EU	2007	209	6	undisclosed	Youth system
4	DF	GER	Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker	40	EU	2011	208	8	undisclosed	£8.0M
5	DF	BRA	Paulista, GabrielGabriel Paulista	34	Non-EU	2015 (Winter)	38	1	undisclosed	£11.3M
6	DF	FRA	Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny	39	EU	2010	248	20	undisclosed	£8.5M
7	FW	CHI	Sánchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	36	Non-EU	2014	94	42	undisclosed	£30.0M
8	MF	WAL	Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey	34	EU	2008	265	43	undisclosed	£4.8M
10	MF	ENG	Wilshere, JackJack Wilshere	33	EU	2008	157	12	2018	Youth system
11	MF	GER	Özil, MesutMesut Özil	36	EU	2013	118	20	undisclosed	£42.5M
12	FW	FRA	Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud	38	EU	2012	188	82	undisclosed	£12.8M
13	GK	COL	Ospina, DavidDavid Ospina	36	Non-EU	2014	36	0	undisclosed	£3.2M
14	FW	ENG	Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	36	EU	2006 (Winter)	344	85	2019	£9.0M
15	MF	ENG	Oxlade-Chamberlain, AlexAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain	31	EU	2011	149	14	undisclosed	£12.0M
17	FW	NGA	Iwobi, AlexAlex Iwobi	28	Non-EU	2015	21	2	undisclosed	Youth system
18	DF	ESP	Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal	39	EU	2013 (Winter)	131	2	undisclosed	£8.5M
19	MF	ESP	Cazorla, SantiSanti Cazorla	40	EU	2012	169	27	undisclosed	£12.0M
21	DF	ENG	Chambers, CalumCalum Chambers	30	EU	2014	59	2	undisclosed	£16.0m
22	FW	FRA	Sanogo, YayaYaya Sanogo	32	EU	2013	20	1	undisclosed	Free
23	FW	ENG	Welbeck, DannyDanny Welbeck	34	EU	2014	49	13	2019	£16.0M
24	DF	ESP	Bellerín, HéctorHéctor Bellerín	30	EU	2013	73	3	undisclosed	Youth system
25	DF	ENG	Jenkinson, CarlCarl Jenkinson	33	EU	2011	57	1	undisclosed	£1.0M
26	GK	ARG	Martínez, DamiánDamián Martínez	32	Non-EU	2010	8	0	undisclosed	Youth system
27	FW	GER	Gnabry, SergeSerge Gnabry	29	EU	2012	19	1	undisclosed	Youth system
28	FW	CRI	Campbell, JoelJoel Campbell	32	Non-EU	2011	41	4	undisclosed	£0.9M
29	MF	SUI	Xhaka, GranitGranit Xhaka	32	Non-EU	2016	0	0	undisclosed	£30.0M
32	FW	ENG	Akpom, ChubaChuba Akpom	29	EU	2013	9	0	undisclosed	Youth system
33	GK	CZE	Čech, PetrPetr Čech	42	EU	2015	42	0	2019	£10M
34	MF	FRA	Coquelin, FrancisFrancis Coquelin	33	EU	2008	109	0	undisclosed	Youth system
35	MF	EGY	Elneny, MohamedMohamed Elneny	32	Non-EU	2016 (Winter)	17	1	undisclosed	£7.4M
42	DF	ENG	Hayden, IsaacIsaac Hayden	30	EU	2013	2	0	undisclosed	Youth system

Last updated: 28 May 2016
Source: Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

Transfers

Transfers in

Arsenal started their transfer business early, acquiring Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka for a reported £30 million from Borussia Mönchengladbach on 25 May. Arsenal continued their recruitment in July, signing young forward Takuma Asano from Sanfrecce Hiroshima for an undisclosed fee, widely believed to be £800,000. On 22 July, Arsenal confirmed their third summer signing in Rob Holding, with the defender joining from Bolton for a reported fee of £2 million. The club would later sign Nigerian prospect Kelechi Nwakali, who joined the Arsenal reserve team on a five-year deal. Arsenal would move for Lucas Pérez and Shkodran Mustafi late in the transfer window, with the La Liga duo eventually joining for a reported £17.1 million and £35 million, respectively.

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Team	Source
29	!MF	Xhaka, Granit ! Granit Xhaka	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Undisclosed (~£30,000,000)	21 May 2016	First team
—	!FW	Asano, Takuma ! Takuma Asano	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Undisclosed (~£800,000)	3 July 2016	First team
16	!DF	Holding, Rob ! Rob Holding	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed (~£2,000,000)	22 July 2016	First team
—	!MF	Nwakali, Kelechi ! Kelechi Nwakali	Diamond Football Academy	Undisclosed (~£3,000,000)	5 August 2016	Reserves
9	!FW	Pérez, Lucas ! Lucas Pérez	Deportivo La Coruña	Undisclosed (~£17,100,000)	30 August 2016	First team
20	!DF	Mustafi, Skhodran ! Shkodran Mustafi	Valencia	Undisclosed (~£35,000,000)	30 August 2016	First team

Total spending: Undisclosed (~£87,900,000)

Transfers out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Team	Source
8	!MF	Arteta, Mikel ! Mikel Arteta	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2016	First team
20	!MF	Flamini, Mathieu ! Mathieu Flamini	Crystal Palace	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2016	First team
7	!MF	Rosický, Tomáš ! Tomáš Rosický	Sparta Prague	Free transfer (Released)	30 June 2016	First team
42	!DF	Hayden, Isaac ! Isaac Hayden	Newcastle United	Undisclosed (~£2,500,000)	11 July 2016	First team
—	!MF	Silva, Wellington ! Wellington Silva	Fluminense	Undisclosed	18 July 2016	Reserves
27	!MF	Gnabry, Serge ! Serge Gnabry	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed (~£5,000,000)	31 August 2016	First team

Total incoming: Undisclosed (~£7,500,000+)

Loans in

#	Position	Player	Loaned from	Date	Loan expires	Team	Source

Loans out

#	Position	Player	Loaned to	Date	Loan expires	Team	Source
38	!MF	Crowley, Dan ! Daniel Crowley	Oxford United	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
43	!GK	Huddart, Ryan ! Ryan Huddart	Eastleigh	1 July 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
57	!MF	Toral, Jon ! Jon Toral	Granada	15 July 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
1	!GK	Szczęsny, Wojciech ! Wojciech Szczęsny	Roma	4 August 2016	30 June 2017	First team
52	!DF	O'Connor, Stefan ! Stefan O'Connor	Maastricht	5 August 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
53	!DF	Pleguezuelo, Julio ! Julio Pleguezuelo	Mallorca	5 August 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
59	!DF	Moore, Tafari ! Tafari Moore	Jong FC Utrecht	17 August 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
28	!FW	Campbell, Joel ! Joel Campbell	Sporting CP	21 August 2016	30 June 2017	First team
—	!FW	Asano, Takuma ! Takuma Asano	Stuttgart	26 August 2016	30 June 2017	First team
21	!DF	Chambers, Calum ! Calum Chambers	Middlesbrough	30 August 2016	30 June 2017	First team
—	!MF	Nwakali, Kelechi ! Kelechi Nwakali	Maastricht	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	Reserves
52	!MF	Kamara, Glen ! Glen Kamara	Colchester United	31 August 2016	1 January 2017	Reserves
10	!MF	Wilshere, Jack ! Jack Wilshere	AFC Bournemouth	31 August 2016	30 June 2017	First team

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: Undisclosed (~£87,900,000) Winter: £0 Total: Undisclosed (~£87,900,000)

Income Summer: Undisclosed (~£7,500,000+) Winter: £0 Total: Undisclosed (~£7,500,000+)

Net expenditure Summer: Undisclosed (~£80,400,000-) Winter: £0 Total: Undisclosed (~£80,400,000-)

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager	Steve Bould
First team coach	Boro Primorac Neil Banfield
Goalkeeping coach	Gerry Peyton
Head of athletic performance enhancement	Shad Forsythe
Fitness coach	Tony Colbert Craig Gant
Physiotherapist	Colin Lewin Ben Ashworth Andrew Rolls
Club doctor	Gary O'Driscoll
Head of academy	Andries Jonker
Masseur	Darren Page Chris Harvey Chris Senior
Kit manager	Vic Akers
Assistant Kit manager	Paul Akers
Equipment manager	Paul Johnson
Performance nutritionist	James Collins
Football analyst	Ben Knapper

Last updated: 1 July 2015
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Kit

Supplier: Puma Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home

Away

Third

Kit information

This is third consecutive year Puma has supplied Arsenal with kits.

• Home: The home kit features Arsenal's traditional colours of red and white, with the addition of a dark trim around the lowered neck line, on the sleeve (hooped) and along the red stripe on the shorts. The distinguishing feature of the kit is the darkened, vertical, red stripe across the centre of the kit. It also features predominantly red socks for the first time since the 2004–05 season (as opposed to only featuring on the alternate kits).

Other information

Chairman	Sir Chips Keswick
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Emirates Stadium (60,355 / 113x76 metres)

Last updated: 30 May 2014
Source: Arsenal F.C.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 10 September 2016

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Champions League		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	England	Kieran Gibbs	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
6	DF	France	Laurent Koscielny	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
7	FW	Chile	Alexis Sánchez	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1
8	MF	Wales	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	MF	Spain	Lucas Pérez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	Germany	Mesut Özil	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	1
12	FW	France	Olivier Giroud	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
14	FW	England	Theo Walcott	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
15	MF	England	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1
16	DF	England	Rob Holding	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	FW	Nigeria	Alex Iwobi	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
18	DF	Spain	Nacho Monreal	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	MF	Spain	Santi Cazorla	3 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	2
20	DF	Germany	Shkodran Mustafi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Spain	Héctor Bellerín	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
29	MF	Switzerland	Granit Xhaka	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
33	GK	Czech Republic	Petr Čech	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
34	MF	France	Francis Coquelin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
35	MF	Egypt	Mohamed Elneny	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
10	MF	England	Jack Wilshere	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
21	DF	England	Calum Chambers	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Goalscorers

As of 10 September 2016

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Total
1	MF	Santi Cazorla	2	0	0	0	2
2	DF	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Laurent Koscielny	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Alexis Sánchez	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Theo Walcott	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Mesut Özil	1	0	0	0	1
Total			8	0	0	0	8

Disciplinary record

As of 10 September 2016

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Champions League		Total
1	MF	Francis Coquelin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	MF	Santi Cazorla	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Rob Holding	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Alex Iwobi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Nacho Monreal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Jack Wilshere	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Granit Xhaka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

Clean sheets

As of 10 September 2016

Rank	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Petr Čech	1	0	0	0	1
Total		1	0	0	0	1

Pre-season

In February 2016, it was announced that Arsenal would play in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California in addition to a friendly against Mexican side Guadalajara three days later. However, Arsenal later announced that the annual Emirates Cup would be cancelled for the second time in its history due to the extended absence of international players participating in Euro 2016 and "essential pitch reconstruction works" at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal confirmed their final pre-season fixtures before the Premier League campaign in early-June 2016, as Scandinavian trips against Viking in Stavanger and Premier League rivals Manchester City in Gothenburg completed the line-up. It is the third time in four years that Arsenal and Manchester City will meet in a pre-season fixture outside of England. To complete Arsenal's pre-season calendar, in early-July, Arsenal announced their pre-season opening fixture against RC Lens of Ligue 2 to be played 15 days after the announcement date. It was hence confirmed that the club's pre-season fixture list would stretch from 22 July to 7 August 2016 (6 days before the start of the Premier League season).

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly 22 July 2016	Lens	1–1	Arsenal	Lens, France
20:00 CEST 19:00 BST	Autret  38'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain  81'	Stadium: Stade Bollaert-Delelis Attendance: 30,149

MLS All-Star Game 28 July 2016	MLS All-Stars	1–2	Arsenal	San Jose, California
17:01 PDT 01:01 BST(Note)	Drogba  45+2'	Report	Campbell  11' (pen.) Akpom  87'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Chris Penso

Friendly 31 July 2016	Guadalajara	1–3	Arsenal	Carson, California
18:00 PDT 02:00 BST(Note)	Zaldívar  74' (pen.)	Report	Holding  34' Oxlade-Chamberlain  50' Akpom  56'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,168 Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

Friendly 5 August 2016	Viking	0–8	Arsenal	Stavanger, Norway
20:30 CEST 19:30 BST		Report	Campbell  33', 59' Cazorla  50' Walcott  52' Haukås  55' (o.g.) Iwobi  71', 81' Akpom  89'	Stadium: Viking Stadion

Super Match 7 August 2016	Arsenal	3–2	Manchester City	Gothenburg, Sweden
19:00 CEST 18:00 BST	Iwobi  50' Walcott  73' Akpom  85'	Report	Agüero  30' Iheanacho  88'	Stadium: Ullevi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
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FA Cup	&0000000000000005.0000005	&0000000000000005.0000005	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000016.00000016	&0000000000000002.0000002	+14	&0000000000000100.000000100.000
EFL Cup	&0000000000000003.0000003	&0000000000000002.0000002	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&0000000000000001.0000001	&0000000000000006.0000006	&0000000000000002.0000002	+4	&0000000000000066.67000066.67
Champions League	&0000000000000008.0000008	&0000000000000004.0000004	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000002.0000002	&0000000000000020.00000020	&0000000000000016.00000016	+4	&0000000000000050.00000050.00
Total	&0000000000000053.00000053	&0000000000000033.00000033	&0000000000000008.0000008	&0000000000000012.00000012	&0000000000000117.000000117	&0000000000000064.00000064	+53	&0000000000000062.26000062.26

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Premier League

Main article:2016–17 Premier League

League table

2016–17 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea  (C)	38	30	3	5	85	33	+52	93	Champions League group stage
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	26	8	4	86	26	+60	86
4	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	80	39	+41	78
3	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	78	42	+36	76	Champions League play-off round
5	Arsenal	38	23	6	9	77	44	+33	075a	Europa League group stage
6	Manchester United	38	18	15	5	54	29	+25	069b	Champions League group stage
7	Everton	38	17	10	11	32	44	−12	61	Europa League third qualifying round
8	Southampton	38	12	10	16	41	48	−7	46
9	Bournemouth	38	12	10	16	55	67	−12	46
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	9	17	43	51	−8	45
11	West Ham United	38	12	9	17	47	64	−17	45
12	Leicester City	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	44
13	Stoke City	38	11	11	16	41	56	−15	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	5	21	50	63	−13	41
15	Swansea City	38	12	5	21	45	70	−25	41
16	Burnley	38	11	7	20	39	55	−16	40
17	Watford	38	11	7	20	40	68	−28	40
18	Hull City  (R)	38	9	7	22	37	80	−43	34	Relegation to 2017–18 Football League Championship
19	Middlesbrough  (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28
20	Sunderland  (R)	38	6	6	26	29	69	−40	24

Source: Barclays Premier League

a: Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 FA Cup.
b: Manchester United qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. They also qualified for the Europa League group stage based on their league position, but that spot was vacated without replacement per UEFA regulations, and their spot in the Europa League third qualifying round as winners of the 2016–17 EFL Cup was passed down the league.

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	23	6	9	77	44	+33	75	14	3	2	39	16	+23	9	3	7	38	28	+10

Last updated: 21 May 2017
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	15	12	7	6	3	3	3	2	1	2	4	4	4	2	1	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

      Win       Draw       Loss

1 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13)	Arsenal	3–4	Liverpool	Holloway, London
15:00	Walcott  31' Coquelin 37' Iwobi 58' Oxlade-Chamberlain  64' Chambers  75' Xhaka 86'	Arsenal report BBC report	Lallana 26'  49' Moreno 29' Lovren 41' Coutinho  45+1', 56' Mané  63'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,033 Referee: Michael Oliver

2 20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Leicester City	0–0	Arsenal	Leicester
17:30 BST	Mendy 45'	Arsenal Report BBC Report	Coquelin 24' Holding 90+2'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,008 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

3 27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)	Watford	1–3	Arsenal	Watford
15:00 BST	Prödl 16' Ighalo 45+2' Pereyra  56' Deeney 60' Amrabat 77' Behrami 83' Holebas 89'	Arsenal report BBC report	Cazorla  9' (pen.) Sánchez  39' Özil  45' Wilshere 90+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,545 Referee: Kevin Friend

4 10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)	Arsenal	2–1	Southampton	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Monreal 16' Cazorla 26',  90+4' (pen.) Koscielny  29'	Arsenal report BBC report	Čech 18' (o.g.) Forster 54' Højbjerg 86' Fonte 90+1' Van Dijk 90+4' Bertrand 90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Robert Madley

5 17 September 2016 (2016-09-17)	Hull City	1–4	Arsenal	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore  40' Snodgrass  79' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez  17', 83' Cazorla 34' Walcott  55' Bellerín 78' Xhaka  90+2'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 22,536 Referee: Roger East

6 24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)	Arsenal	3–0	Chelsea	Holloway, London
17:30 BST	Sánchez  11' Walcottt  14' Özil  40'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,028 Referee: Michael Oliver

7 2 October 2016 (2016-10-02)	Burnley	0–1	Arsenal	Burnley
16:30 BST		Arsenal report BBC report	Koscielny  90+3'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,982 Referee: Craig Pawson

8 15 October 2016 (2016-10-15)	Arsenal	3–2	Swansea City	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Walcott  26', 33' Özil  57' Xhaka  70'	Arsenal report BBC Report	Sigurðsson  38' Taylor 48' Bastón  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,007 Referee: Jonathan Moss

9 22 October 2016 (2016-10-22)	Arsenal	0–0	Middlesbrough	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Mustafi 64'	Arsenal report BBC report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,982 Referee: Mike Dean

10 29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)	Sunderland	1–4	Arsenal	Sunderland
12:30 BST	Khazri 30' N'Dong 33' Pienaar 41' Djilobodji 48' Defoe  65' (pen.)	Arsenal report BBC report	Sánchez  19', 78', 66' Čech 64' Giroud  71', 76' Gibbs 80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,322 Referee: Martin Atkinson

11 6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)	Arsenal	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Holloway, London
12:00 GMT	Wimmer  42' (o.g.) Koscielny 69'	Arsenal report BBC report	Wimmer 6' Kane  51' (pen.) Dier 73'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,039 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

12 19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)	Manchester United	1–1	Arsenal	Manchester
12:30 GMT	Darmian 25' Mata  69', 69' Rooney 90+4'	Arsenal report BBC report	Sánchez 16' Ramsey 86' Giroud  89' Xhaka 90+2'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,264 Referee: Andre Marriner

13 27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)	Arsenal	3–1	AFC Bournemouth	Holloway, London
14:15 GMT	Sánchez  12', 90+1', 62' Mustafi 22' Walcott  53' Gabriel 90+3'	Arsenal report BBC report	Cook 4' Francis 7' Wilson  23' (pen.) Arter 73' Smith 80' Gosling 88'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,978 Referee: Mike Jones

14 3 December 2016 (2016-12-03)	West Ham United	1–5	Arsenal	Stratford, London
17:30 GMT	Fletcher 59' Reid 65' Carroll  83' Arbeloa 90+3'	Arsenal report BBC report	Özil  24' Coquelin 30' Koscielny 67' Sánchez  72', 80', 86' Mustafi 82' Oxlade-Chamberlain  84'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 56,980 Referee: Craig Pawson

15 10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)	Arsenal	3–1	Stoke City	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Walcott  42' Özil  49' Iwobi  75'	Arsenal report BBC report	Adam  29' (pen.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,964 Referee: Lee Mason

16 13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)	Everton	2–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Jagielka  18', 90+2' McCarthy 42' Coleman  44' Williams  86'	Arsenal report BBC report	Sánchez  20' Koscielny 84'	Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Mark Clattenburg

17 18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Manchester City	2–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Silva 38' Sané  47' Touré 51' Sterling  71' De Bruyne 80' Fernando 90+5'	Arsenal report BBC report	Walcott  5' Elneny 88' Gabriel 90+4'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Referee: Martin Atkinson

18 26 December 2016 (2016-12-26)	Arsenal	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Holloway, London
15:00 GMT	Giroud 42',  86' Gibbs 65' Ramsey 88'	Arsenal report BBC report	Foster 83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,925 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 1 January 2017	Arsenal	2–0	Crystal Palace	Holloway, London
16:00 GMT	Giroud  17' Iwobi  56' Monreal 83'	Arsenal report BBC report	Tomkins 90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,975 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 3 January 2017	AFC Bournemouth	3–3	Arsenal	Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Daniels  16' Wilson  20' (pen.) Cook 44' Fraser  58' Francis  82' Boruc 86'	Arsenal report BBC report	Bellerín 32' Ramsey 45+3' Sánchez  70' Lucas  75' Mustafi 80' Giroud  90+2'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,202 Referee: Michael Oliver

21 14 January 2017	Swansea City	0–4	Arsenal	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Ki 43' Fer 79'	Arsenal report BBC report	Giroud  37' Cork  54' (o.g.) Naughton  67' (o.g.) Sánchez  74'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,875 Referee: Mike Jones

22 22 January 2017	Arsenal	2–1	Burnley	Holloway, London
14:15 GMT	Mustafi  59', 90+5' Xhaka  65' Sánchez  90+8' (pen.)	Arsenal report BBC report	Lowton 58' Marney 74' Gray  90+3' (pen.) Barnes 90+7'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,955 Referee: Jonathan Moss

23 31 January 2017	Arsenal	1–2	Watford	Holloway, London
19:45 GMT	Gabriel 21' Monreal 25' Iwobi  58' Sánchez 86'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38727389	Kaboul  10' Deeney  13' Prödl 66' Okaka 88' Cleverley 90+2'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,035 Referee: Andre Marriner

24 4 February 2017	Chelsea	3–1	Arsenal	Fulham, London
12:30 GMT	Alonso  13' Hazard  53' Matić 70' Fàbregas  85'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38779302	Mustafi 23' Giroud  90+1'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,490 Referee: Martin Atkinson

25 11 February 2017	Arsenal	2–0	Hull City	Holloway, London
12:30 GMT	Sánchez  34', 90+3' (pen.), 76' Walcott 53' Gibbs 54'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38865319	Ranocchia 70' Clucas  90+1'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

26 4 March 2017	Liverpool	3–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Firmino  9' Mané  40' Can 68' Wijnaldum  90+1'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39086717	Coquelin 34' Welbeck  57' Xhaka 78'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,146 Referee: Bobby Madley

27 18 March 2017	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Arsenal	West Bromwich
12:30 GMT	Dawson  12' Kanu  55' McClean 42' Dawson  75'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39240147	Sánchez  15'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,065 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

28 2 April 2017	Arsenal	2–2	Manchester City	Holloway, London
16:00 BST	Coquelin 15' Xhaka 32' Walcott  40' Mustafi  53', 61'		Sané  5' Navas 8' Agüero  42' Fernandinho 47'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,001 Referee: Andre Marriner

29 5 April 2017	Arsenal	3–0	West Ham United	London
19:45 BST	Bellerín 18' Özil  58' Mustafi 62' Walcott  68' Giroud  83'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39426761	Lanzini 39' Byram 77'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,961 Referee: Martin Atkinson

30 10 April 2017	Crystal Palace	3–0	Arsenal	South Norwood, London
20:00 BST	Townsend  17' Cabaye  63' Milivojević  68' (pen.)	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39475561	Mustafi 23'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,648 Referee: Michael Oliver

31 17 April 2017	Middlesbrough	1–2	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
20:00 BST	Leadbitter 7' Negredo  50' Gestede 82'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39550227	Oxlade-Chamberlain 4' Sánchez  42' Gabriel 43' Özil  71'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,298 Referee: Anthony Taylor

32 26 April 2017	Arsenal	1–0	Leicester City	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Xhaka 82' Huth  86' (o.g.) Sánchez 90+3'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39164091	Simpson 38' Fuchs 52' Benalouane 80' Huth 90+4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,829 Referee: Mike Jones

33 30 April 2017	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Arsenal	Tottenham, London
16:30 BST	Alli  55' Kane  58' (pen.) 72'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39682885	Gabriel 70' Giroud 73' Monreal 76'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Referee: Michael Oliver

34 7 May 2017	Arsenal	2–0	Manchester United	Holloway, London
16:00 BST	Xhaka  54' Welbeck  57' Koscielny 67'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39760508		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,055 Referee: Andre Marriner

35 10 May 2017	Southampton	0–2	Arsenal	Southampton
19:45 BST	Ward-Prowse 44'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39012178	Sánchez  60' Özil 73' Giroud  83' Bellerín 90+2'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,474 Referee: Jonathan Moss

36 13 May 2017	Stoke City	1–4	Arsenal	Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 BST	Crouch  67' 89'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39827551	Mustafi 28' Giroud  42', 80' Özil  55' Sánchez  76' Holding 78'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,535 Referee: Mike Dean

37 16 May 2017	Arsenal	2–0	Sunderland	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Bellerín 22' Monreal 54' Özil 55' Sánchez  72', 81' Mustafi 90+2'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39853089	O'Shea 56' Cattermole 74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,500 Referee: Roger East

38 21 May 2017	Arsenal	3–1	Everton	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Bellerín  8' Koscielny  14' Sánchez  27' Gabriel 51' Holding 62' Ramsey  90+1'	http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39912025	Williams 19' Jagielka 39' Lukaku  58' (pen.) Schneiderlin 61' Baines 73'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,976 Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Main article:2016–17 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Third round 7 January 2017 (2017-01-07)	Preston North End	1–2	Arsenal	Preston
17:30 GMT	Robinson  7' Hugill 44' Cunningham 65' Pearson 75'	Report	Ramsey  46' Gabriel 70' Giroud  89'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 22,185 Referee: Robert Madley

Fourth round 28 January 2017 (2017-01-28)	Southampton	0–5	Arsenal	Southampton
17:30 GMT		Arsenal report BBC report	Welbeck  15', 22' Walcott  35', 69', 84'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,288 Referee: Kevin Friend

Fifth round 20 February 2017	Sutton United	0–2	Arsenal	Sutton, London
19:55 GMT		BBC report	Xhaka 24' Lucas  27' Reine-Adélaïde 40' Walcott  55'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Michael Oliver

Quarter-final 11 March 2017	Arsenal	5–0	Lincoln City	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Xhaka 24' Koscielny 37' Walcott  45+1' Giroud  53' Waterfall  58' (o.g.) Sánchez  72' Ramsey  75'	BBC Report	Woodyard 47' Margetts 63' Raggett 85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,454 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Semi-final 23 April 2017	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester City	Wembley, London
15:00 BST	Sánchez 25'  101' Monreal  72' Xhaka 111'	BBC Report	Agüero  62' Fernandinho 69' De Bruyne 89' Sané 102' Delph 105' Otamendi 115'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,725 Referee: Craig Pawson

Final 27 May 2017	Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea	Wembley, London
17:30 BST	Sánchez  4' Ramsey 9'  79' Holding 54' Xhaka 81' Coquelin 83'	BBC Report	Moses  57', 68' Kanté 59' Costa  76'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 89,472 Referee: Anthony Taylor

EFL Cup

Main article:2016–17 Football League Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Third round 20 September 2016 (2016-09-20)	Nottingham Forest	0–4	Arsenal	West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
19:45 BST	Bendtner 16' Lansbury 67' Cohen 75'	Arsenal report BBC report	Xhaka  23' Holding 37' Pérez  60' (pen.), 71' Oxlade-Chamberlain  90+3'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,567 Referee: Paul Tierney

Fourth round 25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Arsenal	2–0	Reading	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Oxlade-Chamberlain  33', 78'	Arsenal report BBC report	McCleary 76' Moore 79'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,865 Referee: Graham Scott

Fifth round 30 November 2016 (2016-11-30)	Arsenal	0–2	Southampton	London
19:45 GMT		Report	Elneny 29' Iwobi 33' Lucas 80'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,013 Referee: Kevin Friend

UEFA Champions League

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Arsenal qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League due to finishing second in the 2015–16 Premier League. This meant that Arsenal qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the 19th consecutive season.

Group stage

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage

The Gunners were drawn against French side Paris Saint-Germain, Swiss club Basel and Bulgarian team Ludogorets Razgrad.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal	6	4	2	0	18	6	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase
Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	3	0	13	7	+6	12
Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League
Basel	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2

      Win       Draw       Loss

1 13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Arsenal	Paris
19:45 BST	Cavani  1' Verratti	Report	Sánchez  77' Giroud	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,440 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

2 28 September 2016 (2016-09-28)	Arsenal	2–0	Basel	London
19:45 BST	Walcott  7', 26'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,993 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

3 19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)	Arsenal	6–0	Ludogorets Razgrad	London
19:45 BST	Sánchez  13' Walcott  42' Oxlade-Chamberlain  47' Özil  56', 83', 87'	Arsenal report UEFA report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,944 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

4 1 November 2016 (2016-11-01)	Ludogorets Razgrad	2–3	Arsenal	Sofia, Bulgaria
19:45 GMT	Cafu  12' Keșerü  15' Minev 38'	Arsenal report UEFA report	Xhaka  20', 66' Giroud  41' Coquelin 59' Jenkinson 70' Özil  87'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 30,862 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

5 23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)	Arsenal	2–2	Paris Saint-Germain	London
19:45 GMT	Coquelin 34' Giroud  45+1' (pen.) Koscielny 53' Verratti  60' (o.g.)	Arsenal report UEFA report	Cavani  18' Marquinhos 31' Verratti 55' Iwobi  77' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,628 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

6 6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Basel	1–4	Arsenal	Basel
19:45 GMT	Álvarez 66' Doumbia  78'	Arsenal report UEFA report	Lucas  8', 16', 47' Gibbs 36' Iwobi  53'	Stadium: St. Jakob-Park Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Knockout phase

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw was held on 12 December 2016, with Arsenal amongst the seeded teams (as group winners) drawn against one of the unseeded runners-up, Bayern Munich. The first leg was played away on 15 February, and the second leg was played at home on 7 March 2017.

      Win       Draw       Loss

First leg 15 February 2017 (2017-02-15)	Bayern Munich	5–1	Arsenal	Munich
19:45 GMT	Robben  11' Hummels 26' Lewandowski  53' Thiago  56', 63' Lahm 83' Müller  88'	Arsenal report UEFA report	Mustafi 15' Sánchez  30', 33' Xhaka 60'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Second leg 7 March 2017 (2017-03-07)	Arsenal	1–5 (2–10 agg.)	Bayern Munich	London
19:45 GMT	Walcott  20', 39' Koscielny  53' Oxlade-Chamberlain 61' Xhaka 79'	Report	Alaba 39' Martínez 44' Lewandowski  55' (pen.) Robben  68' Douglas Costa  78' Vidal  80', 85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Awards

Arsenal Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com

Month	Player	Votes
August	Laurent Koscielny	35.6%
September	Alexis Sánchez	39.4%
October	Mesut Özil	45%
November	Alexis Sánchez (2)	54.7%
December	Alexis Sánchez (3)	80.4%
January	Olivier Giroud	60.4%
February	Alexis Sánchez (4)	38%
March	Alexis Sánchez (5)	63.3%
April	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	56.7%